First Young Somali Australian Mummy Blogger

I’ve Been Nominated …

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been nominated for a blogging award. I want to thank the lovely Iman from “And then she said” for nominating me for the Liebster Award. And then she said has reviews, parenting tips, recipes and some lovely DIYs. My favourite post from “and the she said” is Six Things New Mums Feel & How To Cope I highly recommend new mummies to have a read.

Back to the award if you are a blogger I’m sure you came across one or two of these post before, I sure have myself. The Liebster award is dedicated to new blogs and as some of you may know I’m fairly new to the blogosphere.

Here are my answers to Iman’s questions:

What have you found most challenging about blogging since you started?

Finding the time to write posts especially with an adventurous almost one year old around. I found it also a little tricky starting my blog because I wasn’t very familiar with WordPress but I’m slowly learning.

What’s your pet peeve?

My biggest pet peeve that really annoys me when people think they know my name better than I do and keep asking me if I misspelled it or saying it wrong! Really I’m pretty sure I know how to spell & pronounce my own name. You have no idea how many times I had this conversation since moving to Kenya!!

Have you ever considered changing your name? What would you change it to?

Hahaha relating to question #2 I have so many times however as I grew older I learned to love my name.

If I changed my name I would go with Sama, which means sky in Arabic, and it is close to my actual name Samsam

What is your biggest accomplishment?

On a personal level becoming a mother is a huge accomplishment for me. On a professional level finishing my master’s degree in Human resource management is a close second! Even though I’m currently a stay at home mum I’m proud of my educational achievement.

How open are you to trying new foods? On a scale of 1 to 10 – 1 being not at all and 10 being always!

I’m guessing around 8, I love trying new cuisines as long as it is not something crazy like insects or dog meat which I hear are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world.

What would you do with your last £1?

Most likely buy a balloon for my son because he loves them so much.

Who is your favourite author and why?

Yasmin Mogahed, most of my readers might not be familiar with her work but she has an amazing book called “Reclaim your heart” and I read it cover to cover several times. I came across Yasmin’s writing during a tough time in my life and her book made me look at things differently. My copy of “Reclaim your heart” is even signed by her and I attended a seminar she had in Australia a few years ago.

Describe your home in three words.

Love, Harmony, Laughter

What is your guilty pleasure?

Milkshakes (all flavours) I love them so much even though I know they are the main factor of my weight gain.

These awards are a lovely thing to recieve and a great way for other bloggers to get to know more about the person behind the blog. I origionally started blogging as a way of dealing with my mental health problems, (anxiety and depression) but it has grown into a love of sharing views, ideas and my crafting with everyone. #momsterlink

I think most of us start blogging as away to deal with one thing or another, I’m happy to hear that now your blog became a platform for you to share your crafts and ideas 🙂
Thanks you so much for commenting xx

Congratulations on your nomination, I must admit I have popped in and read a good number of your posts, so I’ll tell you now how good you are at describing the stuff your at – it’s been insightful to read them.
Keep up the good work.

This is a great way for new bloggers to introduce themselves. I started blogging last year when I was trying to conceive. I needed somewhere to get out my thoughts and feelings on the matter. Little did I know that I had actually fallen pregnant that same month! Now I have a four month old daughter. #KCACOLS

Hi Kerry, I really enjoy blogging and that you learn so much as time passes, 2 months ago I didn’t even know about linkys and now I’m a regular at #KCACOLS
Thank you so much for commenting as a newbie blogger feel free to do this tag because I nominate you for this award as well 🙂

Love this type of post and getting to know a bit about the person behind the blog. I started blogging to sort feelings and thoughts out for myself. I have been writing it for a while but only recently started sharing it more widely. I’ve loved reading other blogs and reading about other people! #fortheloveofBLOG

Congrats for being nominated! I enjoyed reading your answers to the questions. As I like to read a lot of books and I never heard of the book you mentioned, I just added it on my list! sounds like a great book. #KCACOLS

I love find out about new bloggers, and the Liebster Award is such a good way to find out. I remember being really excited about this when I was nominated in my early days of blogging. Thanks so much for linking up at #fortheloveofBLOG. Claire x